New Bedford police charge city man with heroin trafficking

NEW BEDFORD — The city police department's Organized Crime and Intelligence Bureau arrested a city man Saturday on charges of trafficking heroin.

NEW BEDFORD — The city police department's Organized Crime and Intelligence Bureau arrested a city man Saturday on charges of trafficking heroin.

Asdruleibi Serrano Paredes, 27, of 330B Smith St., was arrested after police found about 248 grams of heroin with a street value of about $25,000 at his apartment, police said.

Members of the organized crime division had set up surveillance outside the apartment and obtained a search warrant, which they showed to Paredes and subsequently searched the apartment, police said.

Paredes gave police the combination to a safe in the apartment's bedroom, which is where the heroin was found, according to police.

He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in New Bedford District Court on charges of trafficking heroin in excess of 200 grams and trafficking heroin in a school zone (New Bedford High School), according to police.

JONATHAN CARVALHO

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